I think that church leaders should sleep for 10 nights out of a month of 30 days without returning home. They should spend all night with members, sharing stories together. If I asked you to do it, all of you would run away. What do you think? Would you not? [No.]

That is what I did. In 1957, when I was witnessing to members, I did not sleep at night. The best way of bringing results is one on one. When I was giving a lecture to one person, I thought that I was giving it to an audience of a thousand people. I thought that that particular person could determine the lives of several thousands or even several tens of thousands. If you want to have a person follow you whatever your directions, you must make special conditions to motivate him or her especially.

Well, if each one of you can become such an individual through me, and Americans can become such people through you, this America will revive. Then a three-stage relationship will be formed: You will be united with me, and local members will be united with you. This is what should be done. You should become one with local members. Why should it be in three stages? Because it is as though God and Adam were united as one, and Adam and his son were also united as one. That is a principle. Unless three stages are established, the four-position foundation cannot be. Do you understand what I mean? That is why you should be able to make others similar to you on the personal level... That is the question. (96-285)

While walking this path, I feel being led by an irresistible force. Since joining the church, you too must be feeling that you are being pushed by an invisible, great force. You gain more energy when sworn at by others or experiencing hardships. Even I, when my legs are too swollen to walk, would push them, saying, "You, legs, you must keep on walking for God." That is why I used to stay up all night, listening or talking to members. (97-209)

For this reason, you must make special effort. When doing it, you should not do it without a clear reason or purpose or goal, but keeping a certain person in mind. When I did it for a person, thinking that he or she might be hungry or half-clothed, I prayed for that person, fasting and without being dressed warmly, even in a cold weather. Owing to such a standard, I could come to lay the foundation that I have today.

I shed many tears without letting others know. When I saw pitiful people, I felt like bringing them everything in the world to help them. If I did that, would you call it a sin? If you are greedy to give or help others, even God will praise you. It is because your motivation is not to enjoy your own personal life but to benefit others. Although you suffer now, if you are greedy to benefit others in the future, that is good.

When a doctor holds a scalpel, can he be dozing because it is midnight? Those who are responsible for others' spiritual lives should be as serious as a surgeon. When looking at you from this viewpoint, all of you seem to be people who will drift away. (42-168)